WINNER! LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Tony Award, Drama Desk Award

SHELDON HARNICK
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Mr. Harnick’s career began in the 1950s with songs in revues both on and off Broadway (e.g. “The Boston Beguine,” “The Merry Little Minuet”). With Jerry Bock he created a number of memorable musicals including Fiorello (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize), She Loves Me (Grammy) and Fiddler on the Roof(Tony). Other collaborations: Rex (Richard Rodgers), A Christmas Carol(Michel Legrand), A Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo), The Phantom Tollbooth(Arnold Black / Norton Juster) and The Audition (Marvin Hamlisch). He has written two musicals himself: Dragons and A Doctor in Spite of Himself. Mr. Harnick is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Songwriters Guild.